Thanks Fiolar - Gene

OBIT: RIP - In Memoriam

Now that 2001 has drawn to a close and we are in another fresh New Year, it seems relevant to look back and reflect for a moment on those who have passed on to higher things and who by virtue of their presence on this sad old world for a short time, gave innumerable hours of pleasure and in many cases laughter, either because of their music, acting or other talents to a great number of people over the years. Many were world famous while others were less well known, but I salute them all.

Roll of Honour:

JANUARY:
Sandy Baron (Comedian);
Luiz Bonfa (Composer and Guitarist);
Les Brown (Musician and Band Leader);
James Carr (Soul Singer);
Gordon Dickson (Writer);
Stan Freeman (Composer, Pianist, Comedian and Writer);
Bryan Gregory (Guitarist);
David Heneker (Songwriter);
James Hill (Film Writer and Producer - Last husband of Rita Hayworth);
Willie Johnson (Gospel Singer);
Emma Kelly (Singer);
Sonny Kenner (Guitarist);
Stuart Lancaster (Actor);
Eddie LeJeune (Musician);
Lou Levy (Pianist);
Roy "Tanglefoot" McCoy (Trumpet Player);
Jack McDuff (Jazz Musician);
Virginia O?Brien (Actress and Singer);
Joseph O?Connor (Actor and Writer);
Harry Oster (Musician);
Nancy Parsons (Actress);
Robert Robertson (Actor);
Norris Turney (Jazz Saxophonist);
Ray Walston (Actor);
Auberon Waugh (Writer);
Al Waxman (Actor);
Jerry Wick (Singer and Guitarist);
Michael Williams (Actor);
Richard Woods (Actor);
Gavin Young (Writer).

FEBRUARY:
Lewis Arquette (Actor);
Jesse Arreola (Drummer);
Rick Barse (Musician);
Theophilus Beckford (Pianist and Singer);
Rosemary DeCamp (Actress);
Reid Diamond (Musician);
Dale Evans (Actress);
John Fahey (Musician);
Joe Ferguson III (Musician);
Ronnie Hilton (Singer);
J.J. Johnson (Jazz Trombonist);
Burt Kennedy (Screenwriter and Director);
Howard Koch (Film Producer and Director);
Stanley Kramer (Film Maker);
Stan Margulies (Movie Producer);
Moses Molelkwa (Musician);
Vince Montgomery (Musician);
Sonny Morris (Jazz Trumpeter);
Eddie Parker (Pool Player and inspiration for "The Hustler");
Ray Scragg (Singer and Guitarist);
George Simon (Jazz Critic);
Buddy Tate (Saxophonist);
Charles Trenet (Singer/Songwriter);
Fadhli Williams (Singer);
Guy Wood (Songwriter);
Richard Woods (Actor);
Iannis Xenakis (Computer Music Composer);
Malcolm Yelvington (Country Music Singer).

MARCH:
Milton J. Batiste, Jr. (Trumpeter);
Earl Beal (Singer and member of "The Silhouettes");
Frankie Carle (Musician and Band Leader);
R. Chetwynd-Hayes (Author);
Ninette de Valois (Prima Ballerina and Ballet Company Director);
Elena Del Rubio (One of the Del Rubio Sisters' Singing Act);
Anthony Dexter (Actor);
Malcolm Disley (Musician);
Robert Ealey (Musician and Band Leader);
Lonnie Glosson (Harmonica Player);
William Hammerstein (Broadway Producer and Son of Oscar Hammerstein);
William Hanna (Animator);
Glen Hughes (Member of "The Village People" Band);
Randall Hylton (Bluegrass Singer/Songwriter);
Herbie Jones (Jazz Trumpeter);
Moe Koffman (Jazz Musician);
Fred Laswell (Cartoonist);
John Lewis (Jazz Pianist);
Robert Ludlum (Writer);
Ted McMichael (Songwriter);
Norma MacMillan (Voice of "Casper the Friendly Ghost");
Benny Martin (Musician);
Portia Nelson (Singer and Actress);
John Phillips (Singer/Songwriter and member of "The Mamas and the Papas");
Lancelot Pinard (AKA Sir Lancelot) (Guitarist and Calypso Singer);
Maude Rutherford (Singer and Dancer);
Michael "Smitty" Smith (Musician);
Ann Sothern (Actress);
Anthony Steel (Actor);
Davy Steele (Musician);
Richard Stone (Cartoon Music Composer);
Ralph Thomas (Film Director);
Martha Wing (Actress);
Edward Winter (Actor);
Muriel Young (Television Presenter and Producer).

APRIL:
Jean Anderson (Actress);
Charlie Applewhite (Crooner);
Sandy Bull (Musician and Composer);
Ike Cole (Jazz Pianist and Brother of Nat King Cole);
Paul Daneman (Actor);
Pedro Depestre (Violinist);
Danny Gaither (Singer);
David Graf (Actor);
Jack Haley, Jr. (Director and Producer);
Eva Heinitz (Cellist);
Al Hibbler (Singer);
Kenneth Hughes (Screenwriter and Director);
Nellie Hunter (Opera Singer);
Herman "Rock" Johnston (Musician);
Jeanette Kimball (Jazz Pianist);
Lester "Big Daddy" Kinsey (Bluesman);
Evelyn Kuenneke (Singer and Cabaret Artist);
Theodore McCarty (Former President of the Gibson Guitar Company);
Jimmy Miller (Bandleader of "The Squadronaires");
Billy Mitchell (Saxophonist);
Norman Mitchell (Actor);
Rupert Nurse (Jazz Musician);
Paul Peek (Singer and Guitarist);
Nyree Dawn Porter (Actress);
Joey Ramone (Rock Pioneer);
Ken Rattenbury (Jazz Musician);
Michael Ritchie (Film and Television Director);
Harry Secombe (Singer, Actor and Comedian);
Van Stephenson (Singer and Songwriter);
John Stoneman (Singer and Musician);
Beatrice Straight (Actress);
Larry Tucker (Movie Writer and Producer);
Joe Viola (Woodwind Player and Teacher).

MAY:
Douglas Adams (Writer);
Lorez Alexandria (Singer);
Tony Ashton (Singer and Musician);
Joe Baker (Actor);
Francis Bebey (Poet and Musician);
Renato Carosone (Singer);
Boozoo Chavis (Zydeco Accordeon Player);
Perry Como (Singer);
Bob Douglas (Fiddle Player);
John Warner (Actor);
Jack Watling (Actor).

JUNE:
Chet Atkins (Musician);
Joseph Brady (Actor);
Angela Browne (Actress);
Corinne Calvet (Actress);
Imogene Coca (Comedienne);
Joe Darion (Lyricist);
Dick Denny (Music Inventor);
John Hartford (Musician and Songwriter);
Joe Henderson (Jazz Saxophonist);
John Lee Hooker (Bluesman);
Hank Ketcham (Cartoonist & Creator of "Dennis the Menace");
Jack Lemmon (Actor);
Makanda (Ken) McIntyre (Jazz Saxophonist);
Amalia Mendoza (Singer);
Yaltah Menuhin (Pianist and Sister of Yehudi Menuhin);
Smokey Montgomery (Banjo Player);
Carroll O'Connor (Actor);
Chico O'Farrill (Composer and Trumpeter);
Anthony Quinn (Actor);
Rosemary Rapaport (Musician);
Russell Saunders (Movie Stunt Man);
Pilar Seurat (Actress and Dancer);
James Simmons (Poet);
Joan Sims (Actress);
Malcolm Smith (Trumpeter).

JULY:
Maceo Anderson (Dancer);
Poul Anderson (Science Fiction Writer);
James Bernard (Music Composer);
Jules Buck (Film Producer);
Judy Clay (Soul Singer);
Chuck Cuminale (AKA "Colorblind James" - Singer/Songwriter and Guitarist);
Delia Derbyshire (Electronic Music Pioneer);
Mimi Farina (Singer/Songwriter and sister of Joan Baez);
Ritchie Galvin (Drummer);
Jack Gwillim (Actor);
Mark Hannon (Harpist and Blues Singer);
Ernie K-Doe (Singer);
Harold Land (Jazz Musician);
Fred Neil (Folk Singer);
Roy Nicholls (Guitarist);
Mordecai Richler (Author);
Johnny Russell (Singer/Songwriter);
Rod Shearman (Singer/Songwriter);
Napoleon Strickland (Fife Player);
Eleanor Sumerfield (Actress);
Sidney Sutcliffe (Musician);
Don Wherry (Composer);
Leon Wilkeson (Bass Player);
Arthur Worsley (Ventriloquist).

AUGUST:
Larry Adler (Mouth-Organ Virtuoso);
Eric Allandale (Bandleader and Trombonist);
Bill Bonyon (Folklorist and Singer);
Billy Byrd (Guitarist);
John Chambers (Make-Up Artist);
Cal Collins (Jazz Guitarist);
Joseph Cooper (Pianist and Broadcaster);
Troy Donahue (Actor);
Betty Everett (Singer);
Kathleen Freeman (Actress);
Sally Gracie (Actress);
Jane Greer (Actress);
Aaliyah Haughton (Singer and Actress);
Christopher Hewett (Actor and Director);
Sir Fred Hoyle (Astronomer and Science Fiction Writer);
Jeanne Loriod (Musician);
Joe Lynch (Actor - Singer and Comedian);
John Nelson (Jazz Pianist and father of "Prince");
Flip Phillips (Saxophonist);
Steve Runkle (Singer/Songwriter);
Too Poetic (Anthony Berkeley) Member of "The Gravediggaz");
Kim Stanley (Actress);
Binkie Stuart (Former Child Actress);
Ron Towson (Singer and Co-Founder of the "Fifth Dimension");
Dorothy Tutin (Actress).

SEPTEMBER:
Samuel Z. Arkoff (Film Producer);
David Angell (TV Comedy Writer);
Gil Austin (Saxophonist);
Berry Berenson (Photographer & Actress);
Julie Bishop (Actress);
Helen Cherry (Actress);
Frederick De Cordova (Film Director & Producer);
George Gately (Creator of cartoon cat "Heathcliff");
Tommy Hollis (Actor);
Pauline Kael (Film Critic);
Stelios Kazantzidis (Singer);
Brian Knight (Guitarist);
Simon Knight (Melodeon Player);
Hank Levy (Jazz Musician);
Dorothy McGuire (Actress);
Dolores Michaels (Actress);
Jay Migliori (Jazz Saxophinist);
Leno Nygaard (Conductor);
Lani O'Grady (Actress);
Isaac Stern (Violinist);
Eddie Stoneman (Guitarist);
Victor Wong (Actor).

OCTOBER:
Charles Ables (Bass Player);
Cliff Adams (Musician and Composer);
Manny Albam (Jazz Musician & Composer);
Herbert Block (Cartoonist);
Paul Bridge (Jazz Musician);
John Collins (Jazz Guitarist);
George Feyer (Pianist);
Howard Finster (Folk Artist and Musician);
Tommy Gunn (Musician and early member of "Boys of the Lough");
Eugene Jackson (Actor and Jazz Musician);
Aldo Jones (Musician and Singer);
Etta Jones (Jazz Singer);
Eamon Kelly (Actor and Seanachie);
"Rusty" Kershaw (Guitarist);
Jenny Laird (Actress);
Bill Le Sage (Jazz Musician and Composer);
Jay Livingstone (Songwriter);
Jimmy Logsdon (Singer);
Derek Moffatt (Member of The McCalmans);
Spike Robinson (Jazz Saxophonist);
Herbert Ross (Choreographer and Director);
Janet Shaw (Actress);
Linden Travers (Actress) Roy Ullyet (Cartoonist).

NOVEMBER:
Oscar "Budd" Boetticher (Film Director);
Roy Boulting (Film Producer and Director);
Ralph Burns (Arranger and Pianist);
Charlotte Coleman (Actress);
William "Smoky" Dacus (Drummer);
Dorothy Dunnett (Historical Novelist);
Tommy Flanagan (Jazz Pianist);
David "Panama" Francis (Drummer);
Rachel Gurney (Actress);
Albert Hague (Composer);
George Harrison (guitarist - Singer/Songwriter and former "Beatle");
Carroll "Champ" Hood (Musician);
Jerry Jerome (Tenor Saxophonist);
Michael Karoli (Guitarist, Violinist and Singer);
Ken Kesey (Novelist);
Josh Kirby (Artist and Illustrator);
Norman Lumsden (Actor and Singer);
Kal Mann (Songwriter);
Peggy Mount (Actress);
Babik Reinhardt (Jazz Guitarist and Son of Django Reinhardt);
Seymour Reit (Co-Creator of "Casper the Friendly Ghost");
Spike Robinson (Jazz Saxophonist);
Anthony Shaffer (Writer and Playwright);
Pappy Sherrill (Bluegrass Fiddler);
O. C. Smith (Singer);
Ralph Sommer (Musician);
Buddy Starcher (Singer/Songwriter);
Melanie Thornton (Singer);
Gene Wooten (Musician).

DECEMBER:
Gilbert Bécaud (Singer/Songwriter);
Foster Brooks (Actor and TV Personality);
Tony Cuffe (Musician and Founder Member of "Ossian");
Conte Candoli (Jazz Trumpeter);
José Fajardo (Flutist and Bandleader);
Carol Goodner (Actress);
Sir Nigel Hawthorne (Actor);
Valerie Jones (Singer ?/Member of "The Jones Girls");
Grady Martin (Guitarist);
Pauline Moore (Actress);
Lee Robinson (Singer): Chuck Schuldinger (Musician);
Rufus Thomas (Musician);
Clifford T. Ward (Singer/Songwriter);
Vaughn Ward (Folklorist and Musician);
Jane Welsh (Actress).
AND:
Ralph Sutton-stride pianist, Evergreen, Colorado--Dec. 29
Marie Hartford--widow of John, Dec. 31.

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